ET Calling

This radio signal, now seen on three separate occasions, is an enigma. It could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon. Or it could be shttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifomething much more mundane, maybe an artefact of the telescope itself.

But it also happens to be the best candidate yet for a contact by intelligent aliens in the nearly six-year history of the [email protected] project, which uses programs running as screensavers on millions of personal computers worldwide to sift through signals picked up by the Arecibo telescope.

The frequency is at 1420 MHz, one of the frequencies at which hydrogen emits energy.

There is also the possibility that some smart hacker is making the whole thing up. Stay tuned.